Founder Pedersen created Vivint, under the name APX Alarm, as a home security company in 1999. The company was acquired by The Blackstone Group in 2012 for more than $2 billion.

Click here to subscribe to Power Line, Business Insider's weekly energy newsletter. Vivint specializes in direct-to-home sales, for example, while Sunrun has focused its marketing efforts on ...

Sunrun logged a significantly wider loss in the fourth quarter after its operating expenses surged due to a goodwill impairment related to its acquisition of Vivint Solar. The solar panel ...

Vivint is weirdly both flexible and inflexible. It’s flexible thanks to its superior technology. Its Z-Wave capability means ...